Playground sand box



Feb. 25, :1930. v P. s. MEDART ET AL. I 5 ,74

PLAYGROUND SAND BOX Fi16d=D90. 3, 1928 PHIL SI/2750 4971 Alva FRANKHLBAc-H,

Patented Feb. '25, 1930 UNITED STATES.

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TION OI MISSOURI mssoum, ASSIGNORS To A. conrom- PLAYGROUND SAND BOX Aueauen med December s, 1928. Serial no. 323,321.

This invention relates to that type of playground apparatus in which anopen top box or container, filled with sand, and usuall supported ashort distance above-the groun 5 affords means for play and amusement ofsmall children, and this improvement has for its object, 4

To provide a structural formation and combination of parts in a sand boxof the described type, b means of which an overhead shade is rovi edwith such shade made verticallya justable so that it maybe lowered whenthe apparatus is not in use, to cover and enclose the open top of thesand box and precorner posts 2.

vent access of cats or other animals to the contained mass of sand andthe defilement of the same by the excrements of such animals, all. .aswill hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawing: Fig. 1, is-a perspective view of aplayground sand box to which .the invention is applied. 7

ig. 2, is a detail elevation of the upper central portion oftheapparatus.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts in both views. I

As usual in the present type of playground sand boxes, the box orcontainerl is of an open top, shallow, and rectangular shape, preferabformed of plate metal and supported a short distance above the ground byThe material part of this invention, in connection with the abovedescribed sand box structure, com rises a plurality of vertical guideposts 3, xedl attached at their lower ends to the sides 0 the sand box1, to provide a supporting means for a roofing or shade member now to edescribed.

In the preferred construction shown in the drawing the roofimgmember,above referred to, comprises a plurality of transverse rafter tuting aske eton support-for -a roofing or covering 7, preferably formed ofweather proof fabric.

In the present construction the roof structure above described, isvertically adjustable on the posts 3 by means of guide sleeves 8,secured to the sides of the rafter bars 4 aforesaid. Such guide sleeves8 are of an angle formation, the horizontal webs of which are arrangedat the bottom of the sleeves and formed with guide orifices which inconnection with guide orifices formed in the ridge pole 5, provideeffective guiding means for the roof structure in the vertical movementof the same upon the guide posts 3, and with the roof structure in itselevated condition shown in Fig. 1, it is maintained in such position byholding pins 9 passing transversely through the posts 3, immediatelybeneath the aforesaid horizontal webs of the guide sleeves 3, as shown.

With the roof structure in its lowered position, it rests on the top ofthe sand box 1, with its pliable roof covering 7 overlapping the marginsof the box to protect the contents of the same from the weather, butmore especiallyto prevent ingress of cats or other animals to thecontents of the box and prevent the defilement of such contents with ex-.crements from said animals.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, is

.In. a playground sand box the combination of an 0 en top box body, aplurality of vertical gui eposts attached to opposite side walls ofthebox body, a roof structure comprising a rigid frame having side rafterbars, a ridge pole and coverin pole having guide orifices for engagementwith the aforesaid vertical posts, bracket sleeves of'an angularformation attached to the sides of the aforesaid rafter bars and havinglower flanges orificed for engagement with the aforesaid vertical posts,and means for holding1 the roof structure in its elevated position, t esame comprising a transverse pin passing through an orifice in eachvertical post beneath an orificed flange aforesaid.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures.

PHILIP S. MEDART. FRANK ALBACH.

